Statesman News Service
July 11, 2007
SILIGURI, July 11: A wild elephant was shot dead allegedly by poachers at Bamandangi in Nepal’s Jhapa ditrict yesterday.
The area where the incident occurred is barely 12 kilometre away from Panitanki.
Locals found the body of the female elephant yesterday and immediately brought the matter to the notice of the authorities concerned.
The ranger of the district forest office, Jhapa, said: “Three bullets were found in the elephant’s body. The poachers took the animal’s body parts after killing it.”
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